T&T: Portable space heaters

[Bob McLeran]

About a month to go before we head north for the summer and we're still 
thinking of things we might need!

We'll be spending the months of July and August, possibly early 
September, in Maine and New Brunswick where it will be a bit "nippy" at 
night (and perhaps some days, as well) - particularly compared to what 
we've grown accustomed to here in Florida. Two years ago when we were in 
Maine during the month of August we were able to take the chill off the 
morning air with our Espar diesel heater; our new Sanderling has only 
the two reverse cycle heat pumps which require 110 volts (run the 
genset). We're looking for something that would eliminate running the 
genset on those nice quiet mornings, and wouldn't require the time and 
expense of a permanent installation (like the Espar) since we won't be 
spending but a few months in the colder climes for the next several 
years (after that - the Bahamas).

It seems to boil down to using propane or kerosene. We would need to be 
careful about CO and oxygen depletion, but we could deal with that (and 
the boat is far from air tight). I'm inclined toward something burning 
kerosene even though it would necessitate carrying another jug around, 
and used kerosene heaters for our source of heat when living in Spain a 
number of years ago rather than butano which had a bad habit of exploding.

Any thoughts about or experience with non-electric portable space 
heaters operating on small propane bottles or kerosene?

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling                               Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler                          Melbourne, Florida